Here we are in the Berlin airport meeting our director. She is the one pointing. Franziska was a great guide! Enthusiastic, knowledgeable and pretty! All the high school boys were in love by the end of the first day! Our group was comprised of 5 adults and 10 students,ranging from age 17 to 21. We met two small groups of all adults from S.C. and Illinois and a high school group of all rising juniors and three teachers. Franziska handled all 48 of us with a mix of humor, firmness and fun!

This is the Kaiser Wilheim Church, built in the 1890's. It was badly bombed and burned in WWII by the Allies. A new section was rebuilt, which you can see to

side of it.

It looks very modern, doesn't it? Above is a picture of the inside of the older part of the church.

After visiting the church and the area surrounding it, we took the sub and then a bus to Schloss Charlottenburg, which was a summer home built by Frederick III for his wife, Sophie Charlotte. Construction started in 1695 and it was completed by 1699. It was beautiful and MASSIVE! There is a river nearby and the French style gardens were gorgeous. Serious jet lag was setting in for everyone and after this visit, mercifully we went to dinner and then took a sub and bus back to our hotel. Bruce took a shower and I was fast asleep when he emerged!